Effective dose conversion factors in paediatric interventional cardiology

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 981, 2009, Pages 748-755

  Karambatsakidou, A ^a   Sahlgren, B ^a   Hansson, B ^b   Lidegran, M ^a   Fransson, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SWEDEN;

EID: 70349123078     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/57217783     Document Type: Article

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